HB-2825: Relating to sales and use tax rates and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services; reducing the rate of the state sales and use tax applicable to certain taxable items.
Sponsored by: Rep. Armando Martinez
Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/14/2025
You have voted HB-2825: Relating to sales and use tax rates and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services; reducing the rate of the state sales and use tax applicable to certain taxable items..
SB-1217: Relating to sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes
Read First Time on 02/28/2025
You have voted SB-1217: Relating to sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services..
Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act) [HB-931]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device recycling account and a separate covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee account within the Fund; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc.
HB-931: Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
You have voted HB-931: Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act).
Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act) [SB-591]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device recycling account and a separate covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee account within the Fund; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc.
SB-591: Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
You have voted SB-591: Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act).
Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition [HB-525]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from, with fraudulent intent, influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision whether or not to cast a vote or how to vote on a candidate or ballot issue by disseminating a deepfake; and defining "deepfake" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false depiction of a person that an ordinary person would conclude is an actual representation.
HB-525: Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition [SB-361]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from using fraud to influence or attempt to influence a voter's voting decision; and providing that fraud includes the use of synthetic media.
SB-361: Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Third Reading Passed (39-8) on 04/07/2025
Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases [HB-293]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony of a child victim taken by closed circuit television within the courthouse be in a setting that reasonably mitigates the likelihood the child victim will suffer emotional distress; etc.
Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases [SB-274]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony of a child victim taken by closed circuit television within the courthouse be in a setting that reasonably mitigates the likelihood the child victim will suffer emotional distress; etc.
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
HB-17: Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025
Film and television industry; apprenticeship program. [HB-1495]
[Film Production ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Apprenticeship program; film and television industry. Requires the Director of Workforce Development and Advancement to establish a program to promote apprenticeships in the film and television industry. The Director may provide financial incentives to employers who hire and retain an apprentice in the film and television industry for at least six months. In consultation with the Virginia Film Office, the Director shall establish guidelines and criteria for the program.
HB-1495: Film and television industry; apprenticeship program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy B. Carr
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services [HB-1515]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services; altering the rate of the sales and use tax; altering the percentage of gross receipts from vending machine sales and from certain sales of dyed diesel fuel to which the sales and use tax is applied; altering the rate of the sales and use tax applied to certain charges made in connection with sales of alcoholic beverages; etc.
HB-1515: Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2024
Maryland Entertainment Council - Alterations [HB-1487]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Economic Development ]
[Film Production ]
[Tourism ]
Reestablishing the Maryland Entertainment Council to be the Maryland Entertainment Industry Council within the Department of Commerce to assess the State's existing assets, study certain existing State programs, agencies, and offices, and make recommendations on the development of a strategic plan for Maryland's future in the entertainment industry; and requiring the Council to submit an annual report by January 1 each year and a report of certain recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
HB-1487: Maryland Entertainment Council - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 70 on 04/09/2024
Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program [SB-817]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing a Purple Alert Program to disseminate information to assist in locating a missing person who has a cognitive impairment, mental disorder, intellectual or developmental disability, or brain injury or who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or late-deafened and who does not meet the criteria for activation of a Silver Alert; and authorizing the Department of State Police to consult with relevant stakeholders representing citizens with disabilities to develop regulations and procedures to carry out the Act.
SB-817: Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2024
Environment - Suppliers of Water - Notification Requirements [HB-908]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Altering certain notice requirements that a supplier of water must give to the Department of the Environment and certain individuals and entities under certain circumstances; requiring a supplier of water to give notice to the Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management if there is a positive test for E. coli in the system and immediately begin certain preparations; requiring each community water system to ensure that certain testing is performed on water provided by the system; etc.
HB-908: Environment - Suppliers of Water - Notification Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [HB-830]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.
HB-830: Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024